This post was originally published by the University of British Columbia Library.
When Jesse Carson joined Xwi7xwa Library earlier this year as its first full-time archivist, he was already familiar with some of the challenges—and the stacks of boxes—that awaited him.
Founded in 1993, Xwi7xwa Library was intended as a repository for both published and archival materials related to Indigenous communities external to UBC, as well as individuals and organizations at UBC like the First Nations House of Learning. Over the ensuing decades, these materials have accumulated at the library, but the boxes piled up without a full-time archivist to process them and manage the materials in a holistic way.
Read the full story on the UBC Library website.